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SmartDancer 116 – SETUP
Check the contents of the SD Box for: 1 – SmartDancer Controller – v9.8 or later 2 – ArtisteAnchor – v3.3g or later 3 – Artiste Performance HUD v12.3 or later – NOT NEEDED for STANDALONE use of SmartDancer 4 – Goes Into Animesh – 2 scripts and a *smartdancer nc – THIS HAS BEEN…
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Smartdancer 114 – Commands – AutoFX
HUD AutoFX SD Commands Examples of how to enter commands on the *autofx nc. ************* PLAYING SEQUENCES READ_SD_SEQ reads in a particular *sequence? nc PLAY_SD_SEQ plays the LAST *sequence nc read 1,SD=READ_SD_SEQ%1 1,SD=READ_SD_SEQ%2 1,SD=READ_SD_SEQ%3 1,SD=READ_SD_SEQ%A 1,SD=PLAY_SD_SEQ ************* GROUPING Grouping ONLY applies to TURNS and FORMATIONS. So, yes, a formation CAN apply to just half of the dancers,…
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SmartDancer 115 – Commands – PREP (PrepForm)
PrepForm allows for multiple commands to be entered on the same line and called up later by entering a single number. It used to be a way to PREPare for FORMation moves but it is also a way to PREPare for Animations and Canons and more. So we will refer to it as just PREP…
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SmartDancer 113 – Commands – Sequencer
Sequencer Commands & PREP Commands PREFACE: IMPORTANT. The following commands are sent to Animesh. This means that the Animesh must have the animesh scripts and notecards inside of them. Targeting may restrict which animesh receive certain commands. PREP Only commands are in GREEN meaning only those commands are allowed to be PREP commands on the…
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SmartDancer 112 – Animations
Order to Chaos to Order That to me is the key to creation. And to me its the key to captivating group-choreography. I have seen it in drill-teams as well as in the arts and in nature. For SmartDancer (SD) a key component is being able to segue back into an orderly formation from a…
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SmartDancer 111 – Canons
Of all the core features of SmartDancer (SD), the Canon is, by far, the most prolific. While SD is primarily a tool for performing intricate group moves, Canons also allow for dancers to perform predefined SOLO dances which can be comprised of an animation and/or a turn. By using the Vanish Effect you can temporarily limit the…
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SmartDancer 110 – Philosophy
Thinking about the attraction, to me, of the SmartDancer. Categories of influence: Order and Chaos I think that the satisfaction of SD (SmartDancer) creation is going from Order to Chaos to Order. Sort of emulating the universe cycle. Creation, Randomness, Destruction. Or in human life-cycle, Birth, Life, Death where Birth and Death have the fewest…
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SmartDancer 109 – Registering VS Activation
Important to understand the differences and how they appear. REGISTERING – This is a button on the SmartDancer Controller. Pressing it sends THAT controllers formations to the matching animesh/avatars. ACTIVATION – This determines WHICH SmartDancer Controllers will receive and respond to commands from the Artiste Performance HUD via autofx commands. Activation NOW happens AUTOMATICALLY when…
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SmartDancer 108 – Preparables vs Immediates
A Preparable is a SmartDancer Command that happens in preparation for a FORMATION move command. An Immediate is a SmartDancer Command that executes immediately and makes use of the most previous Preparable commands. Preparable commands include: 1 – Grouping commands – HALF, ALTERNATE, NO_DIVISION – These specify if subsequent commands will target ALL or HALF…
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ANIMESH 103 – Division Palette Change or DPC
This is no longer just a nice bells-and-whistles feature but is now STRONGLY suggested in certain situations when wanting to keep tight sync between groups. The autofx command is: Example: 3,DivisionPaletteChange=ABBBABBB or Example: 3,DPC=ABBBABBB or Example: 4,DPC=BA Whenever you have more than, say, 2 animations performed at the same time by different groups, you…